Turning blogging rituals backwards, rather than announce a future period of no postings, since the last posting of 11/21 I have been on a wonderfully relaxing trip to San Francisco and the Wine Country, ending up with a 3 day stay at The Inn at Occidental. The innkeeper, Jack Ballard, a former legal administrator has clearly gone to a higher calling! And if you are headed that way, I couldn't recommend his Inn or the trip highly enough. In fact, even if you weren't planning on heading that way, I would suggest you do so.